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W. P. BUCKLEY.

.TRUSS FRAME FOR HOOPS OF BUILDINGS.

No. 319,881. Patented June 9, 1885.

WITNESSES HTVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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'WILLIAM P. BUCKLEY, OF OXFORD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WARD VAN DER LYN, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUSS-FRA ME FO R ROOFS OF BUlLDlNGSf SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,881, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed March 23, 1885. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. BUOKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at OX- ford, in the county of Ohenango and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Truss-Frames for Roofs of Buildings, of which the following is a description.

Figure lin the drawings represents a crosssection through the roof of a building constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification of the same.

My invention relates to truss-frames for roofs of buildings; and it consists in the detailed construction of the frame-work of which the trusses which support the weight of the roof are composed.

Prior to my invention roofs for buildings have been constructed with trusses for supporting the weight of the roof. These trusses consisted of various arrangements of framework for supporting the roof, and were united by a horizontal member or tie-beam at their lower ends, which prevented the weight of the roof from forcing out the walls of the building. 7

I construct the frame-work of which the trusses for supporting the weight of the roof are composed in such a manner as to give the greatest amount of strength, absolute security from building spreading or roof settling, and at the same time avoid the necessity of using horizontal members or tie-beams.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A are rods made in two parts, and provided with nuts a and washers a at their extreme o braces D. The rods A cross one another. 0

Their lower ends pass through posts 0 and braces D. Their upper ends pass through braces D and the short beam E. The swivelnuts B can be turned so as to draw the whole of the frame-work firmly together.

The other parts of the roof which I have shown and not described do not differ materially from those commonly employed in the construction of roofs for buildings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the rods A, provided with right and left hand screw-threads, the

swivel-nuts B, posts 0, braces D, and beam E, substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM P. BUCKLEY.

Witnesses:

SoLoMoN BUNDY, WARD VAN DER LYN. 

